The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss is a 1936 British romantic comedy film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Cary Grant. It is a remake of the 1920 film The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss. The film was re-issued in the United States in 1937 under the title The Amazing Adventure (also alternatively Romance and Riches), and was edited… Read more →
Things to Come (also known in promotional material as H. G. Wells’ Things to Come) is a 1936 British black-and-white science fiction film from United Artists, produced by Alexander Korda, directed by William Cameron Menzies, and written by H. G. Wells. The film stars Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson, Cedric Hardwicke, Pearl Argyle, and Margaretta Scott. The dialogue and plot were… Read more →
The Rogues’ Tavern is a 1936 American murder mystery film directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Wallace Ford, Barbara Pepper, and Joan Woodbury. Plot: It is a bleak and windy night when Jimmy Kelly (Wallace Ford) and Marjorie Burns (Barbara Pepper) check into the Red Rock Tavern with plans to marry as soon as possible. Everyone in the tavern… Read more →
Ace Drummond is a Universal Pictures 1936 film serial based on the comic strip “Ace Drummond” written by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and drawn by Clayton Knight. The serial’s cast features John King, Jean Rogers, Noah Beery, Jr. and Jackie Morrow, with Lon Chaney, Jr. in a supporting role. Plotline: A mysterious villain who calls himself The Dragon is attempting to… Read more →
Ace Drummond is a Universal Pictures 1936 film serial based on the comic strip “Ace Drummond” written by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and drawn by Clayton Knight. The serial’s cast features John King, Jean Rogers, Noah Beery, Jr. and Jackie Morrow, with Lon Chaney, Jr. in a supporting role. Plotline: A mysterious villain who calls himself The Dragon is attempting to… Read more →
Ace Drummond is a Universal Pictures 1936 film serial based on the comic strip “Ace Drummond” written by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and drawn by Clayton Knight. The serial’s cast features John King, Jean Rogers, Noah Beery, Jr. and Jackie Morrow, with Lon Chaney, Jr. in a supporting role. Plotline: A mysterious villain who calls himself The Dragon is attempting to… Read more →
Charlie Chan’s Secret is the tenth Fox-produced film in the Charlie Chan series with Warner Oland as the detective. Plot: Alan Colby, heir to a vast fortune, reappears after a seven-year absence, only to be murdered before he can claim his inheritance. The Lowells have been living off the Colby fortune, and now someone is trying to kill Henrietta Lowell,… Read more →
The Mandarin Mystery is a 1936 American film directed by Ralph Staub, loosely based on The Chinese Orange Mystery, a novel featuring detective character Ellery Queen. Plot: Two murders are committed and a $50,000 Chinese Mandarin stamp is stolen, tossed around and eventually recovered as an aggregation of costly-stamp counterfeiters are uncovered through the mastermind investigation by Ellery Queen. Buy… Read more →
Marihuana is a 1936 exploitation film directed by Dwain Esper, and written by Esper’s wife, Hildagarde Stadie. Plot: Burma is a confused girl who likes to party. One day she meets some strangers in a bar who invite her and her group to a party. She goes to the party with her friends, they all drink alcohol, only the girls… Read more →
To Spring is a 1936 animated musical short produced by Harman and Ising for the MGM cartoon studio’s Happy Harmonies series. Although the production credit goes to Harman and Ising this short was actually the first cartoon to be directed by the future cartoon giant William Hanna, along with animator Paul Fennell. Buy a subscription to watch this movie and… Read more →
